Since I’m telling everyone I’m blogging now (and leaving ClickZ), I had darned well better actually post something on this here blog. In the absence of any more spare time than usual, let me post some linkage and commentary.
- Media Orchard interviwed Drew Curtis of Fark.com. Some great quoteage (besides the great online ad stuff): “There probably is an opportunity to make Fark into something much bigger, but I’m fortunate in that I have had previous bad business experience. I did the empire-building thing once, it sucks. Money is not the end-all be-all goal of life. It’s about improving your life experience. I don’t mean this in a spiritual or whacko sense or anything. For example, we could probably go out and get venture capital no problem. For what? You don’t get to pocket that money. Furthermore, I’d have to start taking orders from people….I really don’t like having to explain my decisions to morons just because they’re shareholders. So the solution is not to have any. While Fark isn’t making anywhere near as much money as it could be, my life is awesome.”
- Here I just wrote a column that praised widgetiness, and now Tech Crunch is reporting that new MySpace functionality will disable widgets. There seems to be some dispute in the post’s comments as to whether this is work-around-able or due to a beta Flash 9 release.
- The four biggest broadcast networks experienced the lowest ratings week in recorded history a couple of weeks ago, according to the AP. “CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox averaged 20.8 million viewers during the average prime-time minute last week, according to Nielsen Media Research,” the story says. Traditionally, the July 4 week is pretty awful, ratings-wise, and the fact that many got off Monday and Tuesday is probably a factor. Still, this Internet thing. It is catching on. [via BoingBoing]
Happy weekend, folks.